Heuristic: when to use automation

August 16th, 2022

 

once we're talking about shutting down more than 50% of total server capacity, the automation probably ought to pause for some human confirmation

 

automation has no judgement

 

 

We should use automation for the things that humans are bad at: repetitive tasks and fast response.

 

We should use humans for things automation is bad at: perceiving the whole situation at a higher level

 

(src: Book: release it! - Michael Nygard)

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